Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 153 149
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 120 150 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.13% 1.68% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.69% 3.71% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 63 92 156
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £28,250 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £46,250 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.89% +36.03% -9.93%
75th Percentile £42,750 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £85,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.77% -4.21% -1.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,248 4,044 3,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.71% 45.32% 36.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 1,738 2,456
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,675 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,500 £66,438
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +35 54 £28,000 - 8
Thames Valley -12 28 £35,000 +27.27% 27
Hampshire -1 21 £37,500 -29.31% 12
Buckinghamshire +7 10 £35,000 -36.36% 9
Berkshire +4 9 £33,500 -24.17% 13
East Sussex -2 9 £29,000 -64.85% 3
Oxfordshire -8 9 £28,500 +3.64% 5
West Sussex +8 5 £40,000 +31.15% 7
Surrey -15 3 £31,500 -58.00% 2
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) Confluence
4 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (49.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (46.67%) AWS
2 52 (43.33%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (30.00%) Azure
4 9 (7.50%) GitHub
5 8 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.67%) GCP
5 8 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.00%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.00%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.67%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.67%) IaaS
9 1 (0.83%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.33%) DNS
2 14 (11.67%) DHCP
3 12 (10.00%) Internet
4 10 (8.33%) Firewall
4 10 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 9 (7.50%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (4.17%) VPN
7 4 (3.33%) SAN
7 4 (3.33%) VLAN
8 3 (2.50%) LAN
8 3 (2.50%) WAN
9 2 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.67%) Wireless
9 2 (1.67%) WLAN
10 1 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.83%) Intranet
10 1 (0.83%) NAS
10 1 (0.83%) PBX
10 1 (0.83%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.33%) Power BI
3 2 (1.67%) Metadata
3 2 (1.67%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (12.50%) JIRA
2 9 (7.50%) Git
General
1 76 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 44 (36.67%) French Language
3 40 (33.33%) Swedish Language
4 14 (11.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.17%) Multimedia
6 9 (7.50%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (5.00%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.17%) Legal
10 3 (2.50%) Military
10 3 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.67%) Finance
12 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.83%) Automotive
12 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.83%) Electronics
12 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (38.33%) Analyst
2 35 (29.17%) Service Analyst
2 35 (29.17%) Service Desk Analyst
3 25 (20.83%) IT Support
4 15 (12.50%) Senior
5 14 (11.67%) Lead
5 14 (11.67%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 14 (11.67%) Team Leader
6 12 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 11 (9.17%) Support Engineer
7 11 (9.17%) Trainee
8 9 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (6.67%) Developer
10 7 (5.83%) IT Support Technician
10 7 (5.83%) IT Technician
10 7 (5.83%) Support Technician
10 7 (5.83%) Trainee Developer
11 6 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.50%) CSS
1 15 (12.50%) HTML
2 9 (7.50%) React
3 3 (2.50%) .NET
3 3 (2.50%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.67%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (1.67%) Web Services
5 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.50%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.50%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.67%) PKI
4 2 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.83%) CMDB
5 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.83%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 30 (25.00%) Windows
2 13 (10.83%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.50%) Android
4 7 (5.83%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (3.33%) Linux
6 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.67%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.83%) Unix
9 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (42.50%) ITSM
2 41 (34.17%) ITIL
3 38 (31.67%) Customer Service
4 27 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (21.67%) Performance Metrics
6 25 (20.83%) Mentoring
7 19 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (14.17%) Coaching
9 16 (13.33%) Service Management
10 15 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (11.67%) Conflict Resolution
11 14 (11.67%) Knowledge Management
12 9 (7.50%) Analytics
12 9 (7.50%) Business Continuity
13 7 (5.83%) Project Delivery
14 5 (4.17%) Agile
14 5 (4.17%) CRM
14 5 (4.17%) Incident Response
14 5 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 5 (4.17%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 12 (10.00%) Python
3 8 (6.67%) SQL
4 7 (5.83%) C#
5 6 (5.00%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.33%) R
7 2 (1.67%) C
8 1 (0.83%) Bash
8 1 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 61 (50.83%) MCSE
2 55 (45.83%) Degree
3 48 (40.00%) AWS Certification
4 21 (17.50%) A+ Certification
5 18 (15.00%) MCP
6 16 (13.33%) Azure Certification
7 11 (9.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 11 (9.17%) Security Cleared
8 10 (8.33%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (4.17%) DBS Check
9 5 (4.17%) MCSA
10 4 (3.33%) CCNA
11 3 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.50%) CISSP
11 3 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.67%) OCP
12 2 (1.67%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.33%) QA
2 3 (2.50%) GDPR
3 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.83%) NIST
3 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (34.17%) Active Directory
2 18 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.83%) Docker
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.33%) QRadar
2 2 (1.67%) Nessus
2 2 (1.67%) WSUS
3 1 (0.83%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.83%) SCCM
3 1 (0.83%) SCOM
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 114 (95.00%) Microsoft
2 35 (29.17%) ServiceNow
3 21 (17.50%) VMware
4 9 (7.50%) Google
5 8 (6.67%) Apple
6 4 (3.33%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.50%) Cisco
7 3 (2.50%) Dell
8 2 (1.67%) Citrix
8 2 (1.67%) HP
8 2 (1.67%) Mitel
8 2 (1.67%) Oracle
8 2 (1.67%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.83%) Aruba
9 1 (0.83%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.83%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.83%) Juniper
9 1 (0.83%) Sage
9 1 (0.83%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.83%) Veeam